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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-14
GO SLOW.

We are a nation Of sp%endthrifts. We
doubt whether there was ever a period
in the history of the American people
in which extravaganza prevailed so
universally and to such a frightful de-
gree as it does at the present time.
The high prices which still rule in ev-
cry department of trade and COM
merce, instead of leading to a curtail-
ment in the use of super1uities, seem
rather to impel the masses forward in
a more determined chase after the lux
uries Of life. Money is plenty; labor,
whether of the hands or brain, is in
good demand at liberal wages, and
the means of physical enjoyment are
abundant. What if the luxuries of
life do cost from fifty to seventy-fve
per cent. more than they did twenty
years ago? This fact only seems to
sharpen the desire to obtain. such luxu-
ries and make the absence of them a
cruel hardship, which few persons can
endure with the least degree of pa
thence. Silks and satins are now worn
by parties who, but a little time ago,
were content to appear in calicoes and
other plain goods. Comfortable cot
tages are exchanged for more preten-
tious dwellings; modest melodeons are
unceremoniously expelled from the
family circle to make room for elegant
and costly pianos; clothes only half
worn, but a trife questionable, are
sent to the ragman, and garments of
finer texture and modern style are pur-
chased at fearfully high prices; thea
tres, shows, museums, concerts and all
descriptions of amusements are patron
lied to an extent that would lead n
to imagine hat people generally. had
o money than they could well get
rid of through the ordinary channels
Of expenditure.
In all departments of society this
spirit of extravaganza, this reckless
scattering of money prevails, and
seems to be daily on the increase. The
masses of the people r bent on
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-14

earth from ditch banks, fence corno.
there is no end to the material tIlSs'
may be turned to good account "a"
putting it in the manure shed on"
penning your cattle upon it. Ever,'
hoof should be brought from the na!
lures at night and be kept upon tbo
compost heap. Occupy every moment
you can spare from your growinn
crop in adding something TO wong
gold mine. You may by this metbod
accumulate twice as much manure ~
summer as in winter and of bettor
quality. If there happens to come .
rainy day don't 60 to the store 70
white and chat idly the time awav
but fork over your compost, clean the
dirt from under some old house and
spread upon your compost to absorb
any ammonia or other valuable glasses
that may be escaping. You will be
astonished at what a crop of manure
you can accumulate in one season in
this way. And when you apply it to
your grain and grass fields you will
be astonished to see how rapidly il
turns to gold, golden grain, golden
colored butter, gold in reality and in
cash. | am very proud Of the success
l see already attending the efforts, of
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER, and see
in it a gold mine for it's worthy editor,
because at no very distant day it seems
to me that no farmer in North Caro-.
lima and many in adjoining States
must be reading with pleasure and
much profit it's valuable columns.
OLD GUILFoRD.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-14
INDECENT PUBLICATIONS.

There is great complaint that some
periodical dealers keep on their coun-
ters Infamous periodical publications,
with shameless illustrations, and read
ing matter even more subverslve OF
public virtue. This practice is not
alone offensive to public morals IN a
civilized land, but to the common sense
of decency in all lands, whether Chris,
tian or heather. Such exhibitions OF
obscenity and immodesty as are ex-
posed for sale may indeed have been
paralleled in the indecencies Of Pom
peii before it was purged by the fires
of a volcano, but that was long after
the stern virtues of the Roman repup-
lie has passed away, and shewas rip
ening for her downfall.
It is fearful to think of what must
be the future of the rising generation
of Americans, if, at a period when the
character is being formed, when rea'
son is weak and passion strong, they
r to be exposed to influences when
not only deprave but absolutely oru,
t~alize, and cause the opening flower Oh
youthful innocence to become rotten
and loathsome before it has fairly I'LL
folded. It is not alone these brazeI
prints which indicate a lamentable ana
growing ~depravity of morals, and even
a want of the capacity OF shaIne.
There is a manifest tendency IN th0
same direction in other illustrated pa
pers, which have not yet got to Inc
point Of unblushing g%rossness WHICH
calls for the interposition Of the law
but whose illustrations are suggestlve,
and evidently mean to be so, OF ln'
~indecency which they are not yet pre-
pared publicly to exhibit.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-14
For THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
A GOLD MINE ON YOUR FARM.

There is a good gold mine on every
farm if you will only look for it at
the right place, at the right time and
in the right way.
The copmost heap is the farmers
gold mine, and there is never a day in
the year but that he may add some
thing to his wealth. It ought to be
the purpose of every farmer to make
the largest possible crop of manure.
You may hope for times to get better,
and wish most earnestly that ONE
thing would turn up to improve the
condition Of the farmer, but the secret
is in the manure pile. So long as you
buy commercial fertilizers 1t high
prices and neglect homemade fertili-
GERS you will be sure to complain of
hard times. The farmer who does
not make twenty loads of compost for
every horse and cow he keeps on his
farm is not doing his duty.
Here is a plan to accumulate rapidly
and in good shape. Have a large
shed or stable accessible with a wagon,
haul leaves, old straw, weeds, rich
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-14
ENSILAGE FOR THE SOUTH.

Perhaps there is no other part of
the Union where the preservation of
green fodder, by means of the silo,
can be made more useful than in sec
tons of the South. Haying comes
very early, and in the worst season of
the year for rains, viz: the early sum
mer, making the curing Of clover and
grass exceedingly troublesome. The
past season it rained almost without
intermission during the most part of
May and all of June, and to put up
several acres of heavy clover and grass
involved serious labor.
With a silo it would have been no
trouble at all; the grass cut during
the few hours of sunshine could have
been put into the silo, and the work
of having would have been done with.
With the extreme facility for growing
such an abundance of fodder as may
be found in the South-clover, grass
of various kinds, COW peas, millet, corn,
and one following another through a
long season., the silo seems to be the
very thing that is wanted. The COW
pea, so valued in the Southern States
as a fodder plant, promises to be Of
the greatest value as ensilage.-Am@-
acun A~graculturast.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-14
For THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
TO RECLAIM WORKOUT
LANDS.

OAK RIDGE, n. c., March 81, 81.
1t might interest some of our brother
farmers to state briefly how | re-
claimed some WORKOUT land and made
money by the operation. And it
may bring out, some criticisms and
different plans from some good farm
ers of larger and more studied ex-
p%erience that will be of value to me
and others in Our future operations.
For [ am fully convinced that in re-
claiming the abandoned fields is where
we ought to operate, and let our tim
bered lands remain in timber for the
present.
Now to the point: | bought a little
farm that was considered too poor for
any man to make a support upon.
Poor sandy ridge land, with no depth
of soil, no vegetation save a little hair.
like grass, somewhat akin to the down
upon a seventeen-year-old boys chin,
and which would blow away in the
March blast and leave the land as bare
as the boys face after his first expe-
rience with the razor. [ paid three
dollars per acre for this land and it
was considered well sold. 1 turned a
twenty-acre field nicely, prepared a
good seed bed, so far as smoothing
harrow and pillow could do service,
drilled in about twenty bushels of
nice clean seed wheat. [ reaped less
than forty bushels from the twenty
acres, and if anything cheated me out
of a gallon that I ought to have had,
I never knew it. Now I, like many
other farmers, am. not compelled to do
any better farming than that; it is a
mere matter of choice with us; wecan.
farm on a better plan than that or starve,
just as we please. I concluded to try
and do better; so here is what I did:
| bought half a ton of pure bone meal,
half a ton of kainit and mixed it
thoroughly with my compost heap.
This I put upon two acres Of the
twenty previously mentioned. I
selected a strip lying next the public
road, for if [ attempt to do a moder-
ately nice thing, like for other peo-
pie to see and know something of it.
/ applied the compost in the drill and
seeded to turnips in August, '84.
Your readers will remember that
very few turnips were raised that
year, on account of drought. Espec-
tally do I know that this was the case
in Guilford and Forsyth counties. I,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-14
FEED FOR MICH COWS.

FEED FOR MICH COWS.
Mill feed and bran are usually
higher in spring than during fall and
winter. It is at this season that most
COWS drop their. calves, and the greater
demand for ship stuffs now is due to
the fact that these feeds are believed
to be best for encouraging milk pro-
duction. But corn and corn meal at
present prices r cheaper than bran,
and there is great advantage in mixing
corn meal and bran for COWS. If they
are on full flow Of milk it will prevent
the rapid falling off of flesh, which
usually occurs in mich COWS at this
time. A really good COW for three or
four months after dropping her calf
will bear pretty heavy feeding without
becoming too fat. After that time
corn meal should be sparingly used,
and bran and green food be mainly
given to stimulate milk production.
SOIL o GRAPE INES.
When grape growing was in it's in
fancy, very erroneous ideas prevailed
as to the necessity for peculiar kind OF
soil for growing grapes. These ideas
were largely borrowed from Europe,
where on German and French vine
clad hills grape vines have fourished
and wine has been made for centuries.
Connoisseurs claimed to detect differ
ences in the same variety Of grapes as
to the quality of wine made from it
when grown on different soils. This
sort Of talk was always chiefly the
fanciful nonsense of men who had
taken just enough wine to make them
feel very wise. The truth is that any
well-drained soil rich enough to grow
good corn will produce good grapes.
Land which used to be thought best
has it's chief and perhaps only advan-
tage in the fact that it is always we'll
drained.
We have sometimes been obliged
to replow the garden, and with a some
what heavy soil have found SO much
advantage in it that, we would recon-
mend it always where sufficient time
was allowed. 1t is important to have
some garden seed in the ground as
early as possible, and for these there
is only time for one blowing, or pos
sibly scarcely that. But the greater
part of the garden may with benefit
be plowed two or even three times.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-14

however,, harvested SOIIIoGllIuS OVoI
three hundred bushels from the two
acres, which / sold mainly at 65 cts.
per bushel. A neighbor passing
while | was preparing to seed to
turnips, upon learning what, the outlay
was upon two acres, remarked: "You
will lever see your bone money again"
1 got a right snug interest though,
didn't L? I seeded to wheat and
clover among the turnips; got only a
poor stand of wheat, owing to the
drought in the fall, my seed persisted,
but gave a moderate yield of wheat.
[ secured a fine stand of clover, which
made a growth by June, $50, three
feet tall and so very thick that when
cut with a moving machine it would
not fall, but merely shook as the sickle
clipped it, and remained upright. 1t
required two hands to fork the clover
from the path behind the mower |
cut ten good two-horse loads of hay,
besides having fed a considerable
quantity green.
1t would be quite a low estimate to
value the clover that grew upon the
two acres, at S75. Did not get my
bone money back, but good interest
again.
My article is growing too lengthy,
but | have not told the best part Of
my experiment yet, [ am inclined to
believe. The second growth of clover
was very heavy, which [ turned under
with a two-horse pillow about the last
of July and then sowed broadcast
upon the fresh turned land six barrels
of lime, narrowed down, smoothed
nice and let it remain about six weeks.
By this time the clover was we'll de-
composed and the land %pulverized
nicely. [ then listed the land with a
shovel pillow, putting the ridges as
closely as possible, in order to expose
the greatest amout of surface to the
air. After laying in this condition
for ten days or two weeks, split these
ridges with shovel pillow, which still
left the land in ridges, but with an
other portion of the soil exposed.
On the fourth day of October [
seeded the. land to wheat, drilling IN
with the seed three hundred pounds
of bone phosphate per acre. At this
writing the wheat is well stooled and
six to eight inches high. Several
good farmers of large experience and
much observation have recently told
me that they have never in their lives
seen SO promising a prospect at this
season of the year.
Some very tall guesses are being
made as to the probable yield, ranging
from twenty-five to fifty bushels per
acre. Whatever the yield may be, I
am quite confident it may be doubled
two years from now, with judicious
management and seasons favorable.
If our farmers would cut down the
acreage and make a few acres good,
bread feed would be more plentiful,
and at a much less cost.
w. E. BENBow.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-14

grasping all attainable means OF tenn
porary enjoyment, regardless OF pres
ent cost and future results.
When, where and how this extrav-
agance is to a it would be dlflcult
to determine. But sooner or later the
bubble must explode, and those who
now dance merrily beyond their IN
comes will find the iddler's bills too
big for Observation-Disclosures CuAa-
9,OfOy
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-14
For THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
LIST CATTLE.
WINSTON. n. c., April 6, 1887.

WINSTON, N. u, Apfll ., 1901.
As progressive. farmers are taking con-
siderable interest in improved stock, n
especially cattle, | desire to call attention
to the merits of the Holsteins.
AS milk producers they stand unpar-
alleled and unapproachable. Think OF a
cow giving more than twelve gallons OF
milk in a day. Think of a cow aver
aging very nearly nine gallons Of milk a
day for a year! This has been done as
the following authenticated record will
show:
Hamming, %99.pounds in a day.
America, 81 pounds, 10 ounces in a day.
Triiutje, 95 pounds in a day.
Bexje, 934 pounds in a day.
Glenburim, 80 pounds in a day.
Ondim, 80 pounds, 8 ounces in a day.
Aaggie Constance, 76 pounds, 2 ounces
in a day at two years old.
Clothilde. 26. 1921 pounds 2 ounces in a
year.
Aagie, l 1904 pounds in a year.
Aagie I'd, 1874 pounds 20 ounces in a
year at two years old.
Echo, Is, 12O pounds 8 unces in 1888.
Echo, %, IT'S pounds 8 ounces in 1884.
Empress, 1914 pounds in a year.
Prince of Wayne, 20,469 pounds 8
ounces in a year.
divide the pounds by 8 to get gallons.)
it is the general belief that the milk
from COWS which give a very large flow
is of poor quality. Let us see if this is
so with the Holsteins:
Lily made 81 pounds A ounces butter
in 7 days.
Oatka made % pounds 81 ounces butter
in 7 days.
Sadie Vale made 81 pounds 10 ounces
butter in 7 days.
Snowflake made p pounds s ounces
butter in Z days.
Frieda made 6 pounds 8 ounces butter
in 2 days.
Neitje Korndyke made 95 pounds II
ounce in 80 days.
Prairie Flower made 81 pounds lO4
ounces butter in 4 days.
Lily made SO pounds IL! ounces butter
in 4 days.
Princess of Wayne made 81 pounds ]
ounce butter in 4 days.
Oatka made IS pounds Z ounces butter
in 4 days.
Jantje made 80 pounds 8 ounces butter
in 81 days.
Merudes made 80 pounds 81 ounces
butter in 81 days, defeating the noted
Jersey COW Mary Ann, of st. Lamberts,
for the special prize offered by the
Breeders Gazette for the greatest butter
yield of any cow of any breed for 80
consecutive days from July l, 1882, to
July l, 1883.
Since her Aagie I'd has made the fol-
lowing remarkable record:
lO5 pounds lO1 ounces butter in 80 days.
2O7 81 60
3O4 /" 81 " 80
This is the largest authenticated record
of any Gov of any breed for the same
length Of time.
Breeders of Holstein cattle claim that
they make more milk, more butter, more
cheese and more beef in proportion to the
amount of food consumed han any other
breed, and comparisons show the keeping
qualities of their milk to be above that Of
any other breed.
They are large, handsome animals,
black and white, very gentle and easily
managed. The bulls rarely become
vicious.
1t appears to me that what the farmers
want is a breed of cattle which will not
only produce milk and butter, but one
that can quickly and cheaply be turned
into beef Of the best. quality when de-
sired, and l believe the Holsteins possess
these qualities in the highest degree.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-14

-"Wise man, that Christopher Ocl u
bus said Mrs. Darlington to a ChlcaSV
lady. II don't think So" was the ItR3t
"Whyl didn't he discover America, LIANT
he come over in the Caulif1ower anu If
his feet on the Plymouth Rock iua
course he did. Amt that some' NV
great?" mo" said the lady, rmoss Gee see
fool could discover America. L aon tb-
how anybody could sail by America WIZ
out discovering it."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-14
Garm 9otes.
APPLE ORCHARDS FOR SHEEP PASTURE.

APPLE ORCHARDS o SHEEP PASTURE.
Mr.. Isaac Hammond, a leading far
mer in Wyoming county, N. Y, says
that he can keep more sheep through
the summer in an apple orchard than
he can in the same acreage without
the trees. The orchard and the sheep
are mutually benefited, the fallen fruit
feeding the sheep, and the latter not
only clearing the fruit of worms, but
greatly improving it by manuring the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-14

qualities of our common potato, which
is of a family containing many poison
GUS plants.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-08
THE CHURCH PROPERTY.
Opening Reception.

The hall of the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION was taxed to its utmost capacity
last evening by young men and their lady
friends, and many went away unable to
find even standing ROOM" The cause
was the opening reception Of the season of
1888. The hall never looked prettier,
as it has been recently painted and tinted.
The stage was beautifully decorated with
floral pieces. The programme was of a
high order OF merit, several of the num-
bers being quite classical. 1t served to in
troduce several new faces to Sacramento
audience. Mrs. ]. C. Bainbridge. the
soprano, Miss Eta Needham the contralto,
and M. J. Faulkner the tenor were all new,
and each sang solos. The ladies and the
gentleman possess good voices, highly cul-
tivated and are quite an acquisition to the
musical force of the city. The instrument
al portion was in the hands of Miss A. Eth
erington, pianist; Leon Reynolds, violin;
and H. E. Coates, violoncello. Miss Ether
ington's playing is very fine, and indicated
that she is an accomplished pianist, while
Mr.. Reynolds, who is quite youth, sur
prised the audience with his violin per-
Torrance. Miss Warehouse was the
reader, and received warm welcome from
her friends, while Mrs. Carter, Messrs.
Bruner and Cohn did their share to make
the programme a splendid success. Re-
calls were numerous, and were well de-
served. During the interval President
Campbell explained the object and work of
the Association, and invited the young
men present to become members. He also
announced the popular course of lectures
to begin on the 21st, when Rev. F. A. Hor-
ton, Of Oakland, who has fine record as a
lecturer, will give lecture on "Be Good to
Yourself"
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-08
The following letter was read and Or
dered on file:
LOCAL BREYITIES,

Planking is being laid between the rail-
road tracks on l street.
The California and Oregon train was six
and half hours late yesterday.
Miss Nellie Miller has been granted a
grammar grade certificate on her educa-
tional diploma.
Matthew Cookies School Entomology has
been adopted as textbook for the schools
OF Sacramento county.
Mary A. Keegan has been granted by the
County Board of Education a grammar
grade certificate on her life diploma.
Company A, First Artillery Regiment
elects Captain this evening Major August
Hebron of the brigade staff presides.
Governor Waterman evidently believes
IN the future of California, as recently he
has made extensive purchases of real estate.
An entertainment and dance will be
given by the joint councils of Chosen
Friends at Turner Hall Tuesday evening.
November 10th.
The State Board of Fish Commissioners
have had issued from the State Printing
Office the fish and game laws of California
in pamphlet form.
The private office of Governor Waterman
has been fixed up during the past week, re-
painted and frescoed, and now is the hand
soonest room in the Capitol building.
A meeting will be held this evening at
Y. M. |. Hall to arrange for reception to
be rendered to Messrs. Esmonde and O'Con-
nor, Parnellite members of Parliament
from Ireland.
The wenty-eighth annual concert and
ball OF the Sacramento Hussars will be
given at Turner Hall ON Thanksgiving eve,
November 23d. An exhibition drill will
be special feature of the evening.
The County Board of Education has de-
clded, by an unanimous vote, that teachers
employed in the public schools should not
be excused from attending the Teachers
Institute unless in case of sickness.
Just as the California and Oregon train
was pulling out of the depot yesterday, a
piece of the flange of one of the wheels I'M
der sleeper was discovered to be broken.
The train was delayed until the sleeper
was replaced by another.
1t is said that the next railroad built in
Northern California, will be that from
Pine, in Placer county, to Georgetown, in
Ell Dorado. The road will be IS miles in
length, good grade, and will open up an al
most inexhaustible timber belt.
The average Signal Service temperature
yesterday was $50, being 10 cooler than the
normal for that day. The highest and low
est temperature was 700 and 400 with gen.
tie southerly winds during the early morn
ing and at night, and fresh northerly winds
during the middle of the day. Weather
foggy during the forenoon and clear at
noon and remainder of the day.